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Show Automobile Lubrication Is Important Duty for Driver Improper lubrication is one of the worst evils that can beset t lie automobile, auto-mobile, and it Is often responsible for unnecessary repair expense, according accord-ing to W. C. McKinley, research engineer. en-gineer. The motorist who familiarizes himself with and follows lubrication Instructions in his car manual is amply am-ply repaid in smaller upkeep cost and better car performance, McKinley asserts, as-serts, declaring: "Advancement In the automobile has been so great in the past few years that even the experienced motorist mo-torist who once upon a time eagerly read and studied instruction books would find it well worth while to brush up on knowledge of his car today. to-day. "Lubrication instructions, for instance, in-stance, have changed greatly, now many motorists know that it is the thin oil film between moving parts that really protects the automobile engine against wear? That this oil film Is about six times thinner than the page of a magazine? "How many motorists know that it Is the oil filter that keeps this oil film free from dirt, sludge and abrasives, abra-sives, thus minimizing engine wear, that the filter itself needs servicing every 10,000 miles because at this mileage it becomes filled with foreign matter removed from the oil and ceases to do its work of providing a clean oil film? "Again, how many motorists know that if they do n-t have the filter serviced they should have the oil changed oficnor than is recommended in 1 1 io car ins'.ructicn boob? "And how many have read their car instruction book, and are familiar witli the helpful information it contains?" |